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Falls Campground is located next to the Snake River in beautiful Swan Valley at an elevation of 5,100 feet. Idaho Falls, Idaho is just 45 miles west. Visitors enjoy fishing and canoeing on the Snake and viewing local wildlife. Natural Features: The campground is situated alongside the Snake River among cottonwood trees, which provide partial shade. Grassy meadows and summer wildflowers dot the landscape. Wildlife is plentiful in the river bottom. Eagles, osprey, moose and deer are frequently spotted. Fall Creek Falls is less than 1/4 mile from the campground. This scenic cascade drops 60 feet over a travertine outcropping on the rivers edge. It is visible from some parts of the campground. Recreation: The Snake River offers excellent cutthroat trout fishing, canoeing, floating, rafting and kayaking. Conant Boat Ramp is nearby and open to the public. Facilities: The campground offers one group site that can accommodate up to 150 people. Several single sites are also available, all with picnic tables, campfire rings and grills. Vault toilets, drinking water and trash collection are provided, but there is no electricity. Firewood is available for purchase from the host. Roads and parking spurs are gravel. Nearby Attractions: Palisades Reservoir is less than 20 miles from Falls Campground, with great boating, water skiing, canoeing, fishing and swimming. The Fall Creek area has many trails for hiking, mountain biking, horseback and ATV riding. ACTIVITIES Biking: Mountain Biking Boating: Canoeing Fishing Hiking Wildlife Viewing Swimming Site
From Idaho Falls, travel 45 miles east on Highway 26. Turn off right before the Snake River Bridge and continue 3.5 miles on a gravel road to the campground.
Great campground, tucked away off of Highway 26. All sites are within a few hundred feet of the river, and some backup directly to a canal. We scored a great site on the SE side of the campground that offered lots of privacy and pull-through access for our truck and pop-up camper. The camp hosts, Don and his wife, were also very hospitable. Restrooms / water access are very accessible and plentiful. Will be returning later this season!
Mosquitos are thick. We have a screen tent to chill out in, but the mosquitos are definitely a bummer. The campground itself is nice and well kept. They accept reservations for most of the sites, but also leave some open to first come first serve (which I think is a nice way to keep these campgrounds from selling out months in advance). We had a late evening visit two nights in a row by a moose and her 2 calves, which was a bit exciting. The river is easily accessible and for that reason I liked the campground.
Wonderful campsite. Cleanest bathrooms I’ve ever seen on a site like this.
This is by far one of my favorite campgrounds! The host is extremely kind and helpful, the bathrooms are so clean, and the town nearby has ice cream so what more could you ask for. The sites all have little nooks next to Snake river and there is a gorgeous waterfall next to the campsite. Very cool.
